The Confederation (CAF) said they would send inspection teams to each of the candidate countries in the next few months before a decision was made at an executive meeting in Cairo in September.
They said there were joint bids from Benin and Togo amd from the two Congos - the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire, and Congo (Brazzaville). Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe were the other bidding countries.
The executive committee is deciding on the host of the competition, held every two years, for the first time. Up to now it has been determined by a ballot of all CAF member countries at their bi-annual congress.
Reuters
